Russell Bedford CEO, Stephen Hamlet interviewed on Accounting Influencers' podcast series

July 2022

During the International Accounting Forum 2022, Russell Bedford CEO, Stephen Hamlet was interviewed by Rob Brown, as part of the Accounting Influencers' podcast series. Stephen was asked about the dangers for accountancy firms who are not part of any network or association, and said:

“As the pandemic hit, a lot of firms realised it has made them even more isolated and they need to be able to reach out to firms abroad. The ability to reach out to other firms during the very challenging times was really important, and firms are starting to come up to us, interested because they realised they do need to be connected. It is no longer a decision of ‘is it a good idea?’ but it is becoming important that we must be connected internationally”.

Michael Quigley, of Kataholos, joined Stephen to also discuss the key issues in mental health and wellbeing in the accountancy space and to provide advice to the accountants who may be struggling but do not feel they have the platform to admit such vulnerabilities.

Stephen and Michael then attended the awards ceremony later that evening, along with the Russell Bedford central office team, and were delighted to be named as winners of the Wellbeing initiative award; the very same topic that was being discussed with Rob Brown earlier that day. Please have a listen to the full podcast here.